Recent Streetsblog NYC posts about Eyes on the Street

Cleveland Indians Ace Cliff Lee: The Southpaw Straphanger

By Aaron Naparstek | May 12, 2008 | 5 Comments

Cliff Lee’s $4 million arm hangs from a subway strap. With a 6-0 won-loss record and a 0.81 earned run average, Cleveland Indians southpaw Cliff Lee is, for the moment, the hottest pitcher in Major League Baseball. His delivery is so smooth, so perfect looking, it’s hard not to think Sandy Koufax. Last Wednesday, Streetsblog […]

Eyes on the Street: A Death-Defying Walk to Prospect Park

By Ben Fried | May 12, 2008 | 15 Comments

The bloggers at Hawthorne Street put together this dandy little short — you could even call it a Streetfilm — to illustrate the dangers of crossing Ocean Avenue at the southeast entrance to Brooklyn’s Prospect Park. Cars turning onto Ocean from Parkside Avenue pose a constant threat to people in the crosswalk, even while […]

Eyes on the Street: T.A. Rings in Bike Month

By Brad Aaron | May 7, 2008 | 12 Comments

L-R: DOT Commissioner Janette Sadik-Khan, Transportation Alternatives Director Paul Steely White and Parks Commissioner Adrian Benepe at this morning’s Bike Month NYC event on 9th Avenue. Benepe with White and Streetsblog Publisher Mark Gorton. Photos: Will Sherman/Transportation Alternatives

Eyes on the Street… All of Them

By Ben Fried | May 1, 2008 | 6 Comments

NYC Blog directs our attention to the map above, which depicts every street in the continental U.S. Map creator Ben Fry (no relation) posts a larger version on his site, and explains it like so: All of the streets in the lower 48 United States: an image of 26 million individual road segments. No other […]

Eyes on the Street: Gansevoort Plaza Open for Business (Updated)

By Jason Varone | Apr 24, 2008 | 36 Comments

The view of Gansevoort Plaza looking west. Less than a month ago, the Meatpacking District’s Gansevoort Plaza was a chaotic free-for-all for vehicles. Today it sports a large pedestrian space lined with planters and bollards. The Open Planning Project’s Lily Bernheimer snapped these photos showing the new seating and street furniture in action, two weeks […]

Eyes on the Street: Get Ready for the New Gansevoort

By Ben Fried | Apr 9, 2008 | 21 Comments

The view of Gansevoort Plaza looking west. The area to the right of the construction barrels will be set aside for pedestrian use. Looks like the Meatpacking District is about to receive its livable streets makeover. The Open Planning Project’s Lily Bernheimer snapped these shots of Gansevoort Plaza earlier today. The orange barrels and dashed […]

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